This week, see what makes loggerhead sea turtles “dance,” track a cosmic “ghost particle,” uncover an ancient basilica, and more.

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to ...

The European Space Agency says the asteroid could destroy a city and has a 2.2 per cent chance of hitting Earth.

Step aside, Darth Vader. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)'s Joint Extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) ...

The exoplanet, discovered in 2009, remained elusive due to dense clouds. Now, scientists have peered through with the James ...

YR4 has a 2% chance of hitting Earth in 2032. Astronomers are tracking it to refine estimates of its size and orbit to see how much of a risk the space rock poses.

Trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) are icy bodies that vary widely in size, from large dwarf planets like Pluto and Eris—each ...

A technique called sonification allows new discoveries, brings out subtleties in dense data, and makes astronomy more accessible.

While radio jets are relatively common in the nearby Universe, they have been elusive in the early Universe. This is partly ...

A stunning Valentine's view of a nebula contains hidden depths of starbirth and the violent deaths of massive stars.

The neutrino was 30 times more energetic than any other previously observed particle of its kind. Scientists still don’t know ...

The Tarantula Nebula, also known as 30 Doradus, is revealed in an unusual light in this exceptionally deep Chandra X-ray ...